摘要:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide 4-keto-D-arabonic acid as a novel compound and its production method, and 4-keto-D-arabinose and its production method, which is the intermediate product of 4-keto-D-arabonic acid.SOLUTION: By cultivating 4-keto-D-arabonic acid-producing bacteria belonging to Gluconacetobacter or Gluconobacter, for example, cultivating Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens having ability of producing 4-keto-D-arabonic acid, in a cultivation medium containing D-glucose, D-gluconic acid or 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, 2,5-diketo-D-gluocnic acid (25DKA) is produced as a metabolite, which is further metabolized to produce 4-keto-D-arabonic acid. After isolating washed cells or a cytoplasmic membrane fraction of the Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens, when the washed cells or the cytoplasmic membrane fraction is made to react with 25DKA, not only 4-keto-D-arabonic acid but 4-keto-D-arabinose that is an intermediate product of 4-keto-D-arabonic acid can be produced.
摘要:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powder containing anhydrous crystals of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, the powder being significantly less prone to caking than existing general-purpose quasi-drug-class powders containing anhydrous crystals of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, to provide a method for producing the same, and to provide uses thereof.SOLUTION: There are provided a powder containing anhydrous crystals of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, which contains, in terms of anhydride content, greater than 98.0 mass% and less than 99.9 mass% of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, and in which the crystallinity of the anhydrous crystals of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside is at least 90%, as calculated on the basis of a powder X-ray diffraction profile, or after free moisture has been removed from the provided powder in a nitrogen stream, the dynamic amount of moisture absorbed by the powder after 12 hours at a temperature of 25°C and a relative humidity of 35% is no more than 0.01 mass%; a method for producing the same; and uses thereof.